July 1 – GRAND FORKS – U.S. House candidates Trygve Hammer and Julie Fedorchak said the first 2024 presidential debate failed to address key issues.
Presidential Candidates Joe Biden And Donald Trump
was discussed last Thursday night in a CNN-moderated debate in Atlanta.
In the debate, Biden and Trump clashed over their track records on the economy and pandemic recovery, abortion, the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In retrospect, many pointed to the ages of both candidates — Trump is 78, Biden is 81 — and that whichever candidate is elected, he would be the oldest president the country has ever had.
“As one commentator said after Thursday’s debate, Donald Trump looked 30 years, not three, younger than Joe Biden,” Fedorchak said,
the Republican candidate for the North Dakota House of Representatives seat,
said in a statement. “Biden’s weak leadership is harming our country, hurting our citizens, and creating uncertainty in our world.”
Fedorchak went on to say that the country “needs a president who will secure the border, revive our economy and restore strong American leadership. That president is Donald Trump.”
Hammer,
the Democratic candidate,
said the debate failed to address important rural issues.
“We need Congress to take decisive action to protect our family farms and ranches from corporate consolidation and unfair trade practices that are decimating our rural communities,” Hammer said in a statement. “Our agricultural sector does not operate in a free market; it is controlled by a cartel of foreign adversaries and multinational corporations that have no interest in providing products and services to the American people at a fair price.”
Hammer added that Congress should address transparency and fairness in the U.S. agricultural sector in the next version of the farm bill.
The Farm Bill is a series of laws passed by Congress every five to six years that sets forth food and agriculture policy across the country. In the statement, Hammer said more needs to be done to protect small farmers from corporate consolidation and protect American-made agricultural products. Both Fedorchak and Hammer said updating the Farm Bill and focusing on local farmers and ranchers is essential if they are elected to the House.
